I got very lucky here. I had an assistant who was holding my nikon SB 28 at about 1/2 power for formals, I had just shot a few images of the car and walked away from needing my flash for about 20 minutes or so. As they were leaving in their car, I decided I would pan with the car to make a movement shot and at the very last second, I gestured to my assistant to run (I'm sorta running to) and pointed for her to stand there...
I snapped one frame that pretty much…
Well, not any added flash flavor value as we recently decided to take on natural light on one of our most recent trash the dress sessions in Belize. We had an opportunity to shoot an amazing couple (Josh + Lara), lots of energy and every other 2 minutes, Lara kept making me think she was a paid actor playing the perfect fairy-tail bride out on an adventure to trash the dress, no rules, no expectations...just fun.
I'm very surprised by the amount of photographers I meet who are shocked to learn that we use flash in full sunlight. I know this topic has been discussed before here and other sites. Strobist remains the absolute #1 resource for those who want to polish up on your flash skills. Follow this link to read one of his lighting…
I shot a wedding in Birmingham Alabama a short while back and was presented with a few challenges as the bride and groom were leaving in a helicopter at the end.... This copter was in a big grassy field and was to be surrounded by guests waving goodbye to the new couple. I knew this thing would be leaving in a hurry, so what to do......
We went out to survey the location...setup one light with a red gel to back-light the copter for a scene setter type shot, then noticed that…
In follow up to this post.... Whew, after a few thousand miles lugging bags and bags of new gear, i've had one day to try to learn and ride my bike again for the first time.
Ride bike for first time = learn to use multiple underwater strobes (off camera) for the first time.... holy moly what a challenge. I'm not 100% in love with my results from this 2 hr test... but am on my way to…
We have been on holiday... sheesh, after about 90 or so jobs already this year, I'm totally done. Not really, we still have 40 or more left to do in these next remaining months!
Have you noticed less posts on FF? I have, no doubt. Why? Well, honestly Ive been seeing LARGE numbers of copycats out there, which is to be expected I guess if you give away your shoot concepts, lighting setups and locations. Where is the originality…
With the outbreak of the FLU, we have been dealing with lots of cancellations and troubles with clients, trying to make effort to help our clients rebook or reschedule a date that works for both parties. This has connected us with one of our Canadian clients who is forced to reschedule back home, in Calgary. Her tour operator cancelled ALL flights to Mexico from April 28 - June 4th. This has to be one of the most sensationalized and ridiculous things to happen in…
Sol & I are exceptionally stoked and honestly elated to be selected for this list. I've drooled over and studied the work of these same photographers. Its really an honor to be listed with them. Lots of inspiration shopping by visiting these sites. I promise, before your next wedding, go through an entire folio on one of these togs sites...…
I was surfing the web and have been trying to figure out what kind of gear would be great to have.....
We will be investing in primes since we have all the desired zoom ranges currently made by canon that fit with our shooting.... 15, 24 t/s, 35, 50, 85 are currently in the toolbox. We have been thinking heavily on a few and thought it may be nice to hear feedback from any readers about their personal fav's and why.…
Yep, the secret is out. Flash adds an element to the photographers toolbox that enables lots of creative freedom. Photographers are pooling their knowledge and offering hand-outs on tips, techniques and often or not, movies on what or how they do what they do.
Thanks to a FF reader, today I was directed to a writeup in the USA Today about the emerging…
Flashflavor dragging a$$ these days... sorry folks. Just clocked 10 weddings, 4 TTD sessions in March... holy moly we are off to a crazy spring spree of shooting like mad.....again.
Those that know us hang in there, we are still here and also working on a new project blog for del Sol Photography. This site has been a major drain on free time with all the development and data gathering, writing, idea brainstorms...etc... lots been happening and we aren't getting…
I was surprised to see the recent issue of Bodissima Magazine, a Mexican publication that hits the stands for the 1st quarter of 2009 in Monterrey and Mexico City. WOW, that's some serious coverage. We have been so lucky to participate with the Trash the Dress movement in the last few years and I'm so proud to see that Sol also got the cover photo too... I'm so stoked to see the movement start to move through…
I just happen to peek over my shoulder yesterday while Sol was editing one of her recent TTD sessions. She is always using her flash creatively in the right bright light conditions, admits to finding a newly learned technique quite helpful.
I was visiting Digital Pro Talk a bit back and did a ff post on David Ziser "tricking the sync…
I definitely enjoy hanging out in venues that are bigger than life. Recently, I needed to fill some space with light. We were dealing with powerful theatrical stage lighting and added a 1/1 full power blast to the right of bride and groom. The light spills and gives some dimension to the space.
I just used this as a quick way to execute a shot when on the run, walking around the building to get just about every photo along the way. I shot these…
I recently was hanging out with the Professional Photographers of Canada-Alberta here in the Riviera Maya and was speaking on my photojournalism ideals and giving a quick demo of using low lighting conditions and accenting a subject with flash / video light and using color correction gels. Sol accompanied and helped assist us on the beach with the demo. She also provided well needed moral support for…
HELP US, PLEASE! Can you get this slideshow to load on your computer and play ALL the way through without crashing or slowing down your machine?
Ok, so we are in the midst of developing a new blogsite / website / new FACE for del Sol Photography. One of the elements we are working on is a new slideshow format. This slideshow is going to be integrated / embedded into our blog posts and have the ability to go FULL screen.
One of the…
Shot this FF material at a location with a few creative camera / flash & creative lighting tricks.
This is an update to give a little more depth to the last completely underground Cenote TTD session.
Technically, this kind of session really can push the equipment to the total risk. We ended up tossing a Pocket Wizard Multi Max in the drink on this session. I never really liked that Max, too many buttons to push on the front. I'd find myself shooting and having brushed…
Recently, I was assembling a few galleries and found a few shots that Sol shot and wanted to share with you. Let this be a little motion motivation for you :) Here are 3 frames where a flash helped act as the shutter and freeze the action involved, just enough so the ambient and movement patterns would leave a ghosting look. This technique is easy to follow, drag shutter, add flash :) low power flash preferably.
She has done very well capturing motion…